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"First, let's ask where Senpai and Chika-chan are," Hayasaka Ai offered a suggestion from the side, deliberately stirring up trouble. "It's better to call directly; Senpai and them might be busy and not have time to check messages."
"What exactly are they so busy with that they don't have time to check messages?!"
Shinomiya Kaguya couldn't help but complain.
However… Hanamori made a lot of sense.
They might not see messages, but they surely couldn't miss a phone call, right?
Shinomiya Kaguya pursed her pink lips and dialed Amamiya Natsuki's number.
A moment later.
The Sheltered Young Lady put down her phone, her delicate brows slightly furrowed: "No one answered… They must be busy, right?"
"Well, there's another possibility…" Hayasaka Ai extended a slender finger, eager to cause chaos. "If I see a call I don't want to answer, I'll pretend I didn't see it."
Shinomiya Kaguya: "…!!!"
So, it wasn't that he was busy, but that he didn't want to answer the phone?
What exactly was the President doing that he didn't want to answer her call?
A single man and a single woman, alone in a room, and it was a hotel specifically for that kind of thing… Impossible!
The President isn't… Fujiwara isn't that kind of casual girl!
Shinomiya Kaguya tightened her pretty face and called Chika again.
This time.
The call connected successfully.
However, before Shinomiya Kaguya could speak, urgent breathing sounds came from the other end of the phone.
"Hoo… hoo… I-I can't anymore…"
It was secretary Chika's voice.
It sounded quite distressed and uncomfortable.
Chika's voice continued: "It hurts so much… B-But it's also very comfortable…"
Plop.
The Sheltered Young Lady's beautiful eyes widened, her mind a blank.
What were the President and Chika doing?
Why did it hurt?
And why was it comfortable?
The book said the first time hurts, and then it becomes very comfortable. C-Could it be…
Plop.
Shinomiya Kaguya felt her head spinning, and her phone slipped from her hand, falling onto the sofa.
"Eh, eh, eh?"
Hayasaka Ai was equally shocked.
Did that perverted Senpai really make a move on Fujiwara?
Impossible!
The perverted Senpai might be a carnivore, but Chika definitely isn't, unless she drank alcohol!
Wait.
I heard there's free alcohol in the Love Hotel. Could the two of them have gotten bored and actually started drinking?
Because they drank, they acted recklessly while drunk…
At this moment, Amamiya Natsuki's voice came from the phone: "If you can't do it, stop and rest for a bit."
The high light in the Sheltered Young Lady's eyes gradually disappeared.
"It's the President's voice…"
The President is clearly next to Chika, but he isn't answering her call… So he isn't busy, he just doesn't want to answer the phone, right?
"Quick, quick, give it to me…" Fujiwara Chika's voice was anxious, with a hint of pleading, "My mouth is going to break."
Immediately followed by gurgling swallowing sounds, seemingly from drinking too quickly, and then a coughing sound from choking.
"Cough cough cough…"
Hayasaka Ai's eyes widened, looking in shock at the phone dropped on the sofa.
What exactly are you doing that your mouth is going to break?
And that gurgling sound… the quantity is too much!
"Phew…"
Fujiwara Chika's long sigh of relief came from the phone: "I survived, I almost died just now."
Hayasaka Ai couldn't help but shout in her heart: It's clearly your first time, you're just playing too intensely!
Immediately followed by Amamiya Natsuki's voice: "Here, wipe your own tears. You talked so tough, but you couldn't even handle two sips. How embarrassing."
Hayasaka Ai's heart skipped a beat: "…Even tears came out, that's too exaggerated, hey."
Amamiya Natsuki's voice came again: "Huh, are you on the phone?"
"Kaguya-chan just called me…" Fujiwara Chika inhaled repeatedly, saying, "Moshi moshi, Kaguya-chan? Why haven't you been speaking?"
The high light in the Sheltered Young Lady's eyes had already dissipated. Hearing this, she slowly lowered her head, looked at the phone on the sofa, and said in a faint voice:
"If I speak, I'll disturb you, and you'll dislike me, right?"
Amamiya Natsuki looked at the phone upon hearing this, only feeling a sense of danger quietly approaching.
What's with that dark tone?
Why does the back of his neck feel inexplicably cold?
Amamiya Natsuki's heart stirred. He took out his phone and found a missed call from Young Lady.
Buzz buzz.
The phone vibrated gently, and a message popped up.
"Senpai, you're done for."
Amamiya Natsuki: "…"
Although he didn't know why he was suddenly done for, it was clear that there was some misunderstanding.
Taking a deep breath, Amamiya Natsuki sent a message to Hayasaka: "Are you with Kaguya?"
Hayasaka Ai: "That's right, the Young Miss and I listened to the whole phone live broadcast."
What does phone live broadcast mean?
He's not a minotaur warrior, a phone live broadcast wouldn't make him happy at all!
"Video call."
Amamiya Natsuki decisively sent a video invitation.
Fortunately, Hayasaka Ai didn't refuse, and the video chat quickly started.
"Look carefully, don't tarnish my innocence."
Amamiya Natsuki held up his phone and clearly showed the surroundings.
"Eh?"
Hayasaka Ai blinked in surprise, then sat next to the Sheltered Young Lady and handed over the phone: "Kaguya-chan, we misunderstood Senpai."
Shinomiya Kaguya's eyelashes trembled slightly, her gaze fell on the phone, and she quickly saw Amamiya Natsuki and Chika.
Fujiwara Chika had her hair tied in a ponytail, her pretty face was flushed, her eyes were teary, and she was still sticking out her tongue and panting.
Amamiya Natsuki sat beside her, with sweat beads on his forehead as well.
This wasn't the main point.
The main point was that their clothes were neat and tidy, and there were other people around them.
"Kaguya-san, we're out eating now." Amamiya Natsuki greeted, turned the phone towards the table, where a pot of fiery red dish could be seen.
Fujiwara Chika poked her face into the camera, sticking out her tongue and panting, "So spicy, I almost died from the spice."
Seeing the environment they were in, the high light in Shinomiya Kaguya's eyes reappeared: "Aren't you at a Love Hotel? Why are you eating Mapo Tofu outside?"
"Cough cough…" Fujiwara Chika coughed twice, feeling a little guilty, "The Theater doesn't open until twelve o'clock, so we were bored and came out to eat."
Amamiya Natsuki added from the side:
"We were originally eating takoyaki, but then we suddenly saw a few office workers coming out of a restaurant with teary eyes. Chika insisted on coming over to challenge the Mapo Tofu, saying she could handle a lot of spice… The facts prove she can't."
Fujiwara Chika puffed out her cheeks: "The spiciness of this restaurant's Mapo Tofu is off the charts. Weren't you also drinking water constantly?"
"I just went to pour water and didn't see the call." Amamiya Natsuki looked at Young Lady in the video, raised the water glass in his hand, "Kaguya-san, do you want to come over?"
"Kaguya-chan, come play with us." Fujiwara Chika quickly said, "It's too boring with just two people."
This was a lie.
She was too scared.
Worried she would be interrogated and bullied by Amamiya Natsuki.
The high light in Shinomiya Kaguya's eyes had already re-lit, her voice returned to its clear and pleasant tone, and she no longer maintained her composure, directly saying:
"Tell me the address, I'll be there immediately."
"…"
Shinomiya Kaguya naturally didn't come alone; she was accompanied by a junior, Hayasaka.
When the two arrived, Amamiya Natsuki and Chika were still in the restaurant.
Then, at Fujiwara Chika's strong recommendation, a new serving of Mapo Tofu was ordered for Kaguya and Hayasaka to try.
So, two more girls with flushed faces and teary eyes appeared in the restaurant.
"Kaguya-chan, doesn't it taste great?"
Fujiwara Chika propped her chin with both hands, a bright smile on her face, "Of course good things should be shared with everyone."
"Sharing is false; wanting everyone to suffer with you is the truth, right?!"
Shinomiya Kaguya instantly saw through her friend's true intentions.
"That's not true at all." Fujiwara Chika refused to admit it, "Kaguya-chan, tell me honestly, how does this taste?"
"Very spicy…" Shinomiya Kaguya stuck out her pink tongue, breathing out gently, "But… it's also somewhat irresistible."
Hayasaka Ai wiped away tears from the corners of her eyes and ate another piece of Mapo Tofu: "So spicy… I heard that people who love spicy food all have a masochistic constitution?"
"Have some water." Amamiya Natsuki handed over the water glass, "Spiciness isn't a taste, but a type of pain. This pain stimulates the brain, causing the brain to secrete dopamine, and dopamine is one of the sources of human happiness. So the more you eat, the happier you get. It has nothing to do with a masochistic constitution."
"Pack up a portion to take away later." Mrs. Shimizu said from the side, "I want to eat it too."
Click.
Looking at Hayasaka and Kaguya sitting together, teary-eyed, Amamiya Natsuki couldn't resist taking out his phone to take a commemorative photo.
"Delete the photo." Shinomiya Kaguya quickly raised her hand to cover her face, "Looking teary-eyed is too embarrassing!"
Amamiya Natsuki took another photo and said truthfully:
"You're clearly very cute."
"Cu-cute or anything…"
The tips of the Sheltered Young Lady's ears quickly turned red; she was easily broken by a single sentence.
The President actually called me cute… Happy, but I won't say it.
Hayasaka Ai added fuel to the fire from the side: "Senpai seems very practiced, you've already said that to Chika-chan, haven't you?"
Shinomiya Kaguya's pretty face tightened, re-establishing her defensive posture.
Amamiya Natsuki silently looked at Hayasaka, his voice low:
"I'm sorry, you know too much."
"…"
When they left the restaurant, it was already past ten o'clock at night.
As night deepened, there were also fewer pedestrians on the streets.
Amamiya Natsuki and the three girls walked back to the Love Hotel, enjoying the cool evening breeze.
There was no front desk, no need for identity registration, perfectly protecting guests' privacy. Amamiya Natsuki led the three girls back to the room without any hindrance. Although the rooms were full, they still didn't encounter any other guests on the way.
"This is our prison-themed room, exactly like an interrogation room in a movie." Fujiwara Chika took off her shoes, "I'm sweating so much, it's uncomfortable… Kaguya-chan, do you want to bathe together?"
"I've checked, the bathtub is very big, we can have a bubble bath together."
"No." Shinomiya Kaguya crossed her arms over her chest, rejecting it outright, "I'll bathe by myself later."
She definitely didn't want to bathe with the Oppai Alien; she wouldn't be happy all night like that.
Fujiwara Chika turned her head and said, "What about Hanamori-chan? Do you want to bathe together?"
Hayasaka Ai also smiled and refused: "I still prefer to bathe alone."
"Alright then." Fujiwara Chika was a little disappointed, "I was still hoping we could scrub each other's backs."
Amamiya Natsuki said from the side:
"I can…"
"Stare—"
The Sheltered Young Lady tilted her head and looked over, smiling: "What can the President do?"
Hayasaka Ai added a critical blow: "Don't tell me you want to help scrub backs?"
"Don't tarnish my innocence." Amamiya Natsuki said solemnly, "I was just about to say if I could bathe first, you girls take too long to bathe."
"Liar." Hayasaka Ai mercilessly exposed him, "When Senpai spoke just now, his nostrils flared."
That's enough, you're not a comedic manga character, how could your nostrils just flare up like that!
"Alright, I won't pretend anymore." Amamiya Natsuki chose to speak truthfully, gradually exposing his scumbag nature in front of Young Lady, "Actually, I want us all to bathe together…"
"Pfft!"
"Lewd!"
"Guilty, commit seppuku!"
"…"
When two monks carry water, there's water to drink; when three monks carry water, there's no water to drink. After two more girls were in the room, nothing happened instead.
Everyone finished washing up, chatted for a while, and unknowingly it was midnight.
"We can start the Theater now."
Amamiya Natsuki took out the pumpkin lamp, looked at Kaguya and the two others, and asked: "What rules should we set today?"
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